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Boston Dynamics
PrivateHumanoidQuadruped
- HQ
- Waltham, Massachusetts, US
- Founded
- 1992
- Founders
- Marc Raibert
- Products
- Atlas humanoid, Spot quadruped, Stretch warehouse robot
One of the longest-running legged-robot developers, known for viral demo videos going back to the 2000s DARPA-funded BigDog. Spot is commercially deployed for industrial inspection; the newer, fully electric Atlas is being developed for factory work rather than sold as a research platform.
Funding
Spun off from MIT in 1992; acquired by Hyundai Motor Group for ~$880M (80% stake, deal closed June 2021) from SoftBank, which retains ~20%
Key investors
Hyundai Motor Group (80%), SoftBank Group (~20%)
Last checked: 2026-07-12